Will Netflix Break the Internet?
Until recently, there's been a lot of conjecture that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) could be a potential beneficiary of people sheltering at home in an attempt to avoid contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus that's sweeping across the globe.
Employees are sending staff home to work remotely (when possible), with some personnel communicating via video conferencing services. Many schools are closing, with plans to finish the semester over the internet. Gatherings of 10 or more people are being discouraged or outright banned in many places, leaving people with little else to do but hunker down at home watching streaming video.
There's a growing body of anecdotal evidence that greater numbers of consumers are tuning in -- and, in some places, threatening to overload existing capacity. This begs the question: Will Netflix break the internet?
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